Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Adam The Carthusian SEE ADAM OF LONDON. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Adam, The Books of The Book of Adam or “Contradiction of Adam and Eve,” is a romance made up of Oriental fables. It was first translated from the Ethiopian version into German by Dillman, “Das christliche Adambuch” (Göttingen, 1853), and into English by Malan, “The Book of Adam and Eve” (London, 1882). The “Pénitence d’Adam”, … Continue reading “Adam, The Books of”

Adam, 12th century monk first a monk, and afterwards abbot, of the monastery OF PERSEIGNE, in the diocese of Mans, flourished at the end of the 12th century. He had a reputation for holiness, eloquence, and learning. Among his works are,(Opus Sernmonum ad suos Fratres, etc. (Rome, 1652):’-Epistolce ad Osmundum Abbatice Mortuimaris in Normannia Monachum:–Epistola … Continue reading “Adam, 12th century monk”

Adam Scotus (Or THE PREMONSTRATENSIAN). A theologian and Church historian of the latter part of the twelfth century. He was born either in Scotland or England, and joined the newly-founded order of Saint Norbert. It is also believed that he became Abbot and Bishop of Candida Casa, or Whithorn in Scotland, and died after 1180. … Continue reading “Adam, Scotus”

Adam Of Withem SEE ADAM SCOTUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Adam of Usk An English priest, canonist, and chronicler, born at Usk, in Monmouthshire, between 1360 and 1365; date of death unknown. He studied at Oxford, where he obtained his doctorate and became extraordinarius in canon law. He practised in the archiepiscopal court of Canterbury, 1390-97, and in 1399 accompanied the Archbishop and Bolingbroke’s army … Continue reading “Adam of Usk”

Adam Of Terouenne SEE ADAM OF ARRAS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Adam of St. Victor A prominent and prolific writer of Latin Hymns, born in the latter part of the twelfth century, probably at Paris; died in the Abbey of Saint Victor then in the suburbs of Paris but included in it subsequently through the city’s growth, some time between 1172 and 1192. By those more … Continue reading “Adam of St. Victor”

Adam Of Saint Victor Very little is known of the life of this most fertile of the Latin hymnologists of the Middle Ages. Whether he was born in Great Britain or Brittany is uncertain. About the year 1130 he entered the religious foundation near Paris, named after St. Victor of Marseilles; hence his name. – … Continue reading “Adam Of Saint Victor”

Adam of Perseigne A French Cistercian, Abbot of the monastery of Perseigne in the Diocese of Mans, b. about the middle of the twelfth century. He is thought to have been first a canon regular, later a Benedictine of Marmoutier and then a Cistercian. About the year 1180, he became Abbot of Perseigne, wither his … Continue reading “Adam of Perseigne”